2. Wanton; restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle. ``Skittish Fortune's hall.'' --Shak. [1913 Webster] -- {Skit"tish*ly}, adv. -- {Skit"tish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
skittishness — skittish ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a horse) nervous; inclined to shy. 2) lively and unpredictable; playful. DERIVATIVES skittishly adverb skittishness noun. ORIGIN perhaps related to SKIT(Cf. ↑skit) … English terms dictionary
skittishness — noun see skittish … New Collegiate Dictionary
skittishness — See skittishly. * * * … Universalium
skittishness — noun The property of being skittish … Wiktionary
skittishness — n. nervousness, tenseness; fickleness, changeability; mischievousness, friskiness; shyness … English contemporary dictionary
skittishness — n. 1. Shyness, timidity. 2. Fickleness, wantonness, inconstancy … New dictionary of synonyms
skittishness — skit·tish·ness … English syllables
skittishness — See: skittish … English dictionary
skittishness — noun characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright • Syn: ↑restiveness • Derivationally related forms: ↑restive (for: ↑restiveness), ↑skittish • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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